March 2011 – Tess Young Designs & Makes

Brioche Beanie Beret

March 29, 2011

This is my new hat pattern which I’ve been working on over the last few months and is now available on Ravelry. Working with the wonderful colours available in sock yarns and a main yarn, or a gorgeous solid main and contrast yarn, it uses a brioche stitch to create a distinctive stitch pattern … More Brioche Beanie Beret

Stunning Knitwear – One

March 28, 2011

I’ve been interested in how knitwear, and crochet, has been experiencing a revivial in high end fashion collections recently. In my last post I linked to Paul Smith’s Granny square dress. However, last week I was at the hairdressers flicking through a copy of Harpers and came across this stunning dress by Peter Pilotto: I love … More Stunning Knitwear – One

Phoenix Project

March 24, 2011

Whilst working on hat patterns I have been doing other things, including a fair bit of crochet. This has included digging out some small crochet squares that I made last year whilst on holiday. The idea had been to make a blanket from squares crocheted at different stages of our travels through France, Spain and Portugal. … More Phoenix Project

Peach Blossom and more spawn…

March 21, 2011

Things are really taking off at the allotment. I was excited when we had our first frog spawn in the pond, but just look how much there is now: This won’t all make it to frogs, our pond is too small. At first I was quite distressed to see tadpoles not maturing as the year went … More Peach Blossom and more spawn…

On the Toon…

March 18, 2011

Last week we spent a few days in Newcastle upon Tyne visiting friends and, for Paolo a conference, and for me some cheese and yarn shopping. I rather like Newcastle, it so different now compared to the Newcastle I visited in the 1980s when most British cities were pretty grim. I like the fact that … More On the Toon…

Allotting…

March 7, 2011

This was our first fine sunny spring weekend so we took the opportunity to do some much overdue tasks at the allotment. Saturday was clearing out the shed, planting the broad beans and some general tidying up, including clearing out the pond a bit. Sunday was clearing out the compost heaps, my least favourite and … More Allotting…

Spring Inspiration?

March 4, 2011

The day job has been keeping me busy and away from blogging and knitting for that matter, but I have been squeezing in a bit of time working on a new hat pattern. The pattern is pretty much there but the yarn requirements still need work. It may just be me, but I like to be quite … More Spring Inspiration?